Vehicle-hounds.



M. F. MEATH.

VEHICLE HOUNDS.

APPLIOATION FILED APB.. 13,1911` Guy/nay* @Mm U4@ @W CULUMBIAPLANocRAPx-I. co. wAsHNaroh n C MICHAEL F. MEATH, OIF SADORUS, ILLINOIS.

VEHICL-E-I-IOUNDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Application filed April 1 3, 1911. Serial No. 620,823.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL VF. MEATH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sadorus, in the county of Champaign, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Hounds;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vehicle hounds. The objectof the inventionresides in the provision of a vehicle hound which includes means wherebythe rotation of the doubletree in either direction is limited so as toprevent same from entering the path of travel traced by the axle houndswhen the body of the wagon is moved to an incline with respect to thetongue of the vehicle; such a condition arising when the vehicle ismoved upon a dump incline.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several views in which- Figure 1 is a planview of the front axle, hounds, tongue and double tree of a vehicle withthe invention associated therewith, the double tree being shown indotted lines at the limit of its rotation in both directions. Fig. 2 aside elevation of what is shown in Fig. 1, the axle hounds being in theposition they would occupy when the body of the vehicle is disposed upona dump incline and the double tree positioned at the limit of itsrotation in one direction, and Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 showing amodified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the front axle of the vehicle, Bthe axle hounds which are fixed to the axle and C the tongue houndswhich are pivotally connected between the axle hounds B by means of thequeen bolt 10, all in the usual and well known manner. The hounds Ccarry the tongue 11 at the rear end of which is pivotally mounted adouble tree 12 for supporting the usual swingletrees. Mounted on thefree ends of each-of the hounds Bis a stop D which is formed preferablyof a metal bar having its terminals bent inwardly and disposed onopposite sides of the respective hounds B. The'intermediate portion ofsaid stop extending at right angles to the respec tive hounds B and in avertical plane. The free ends of the stops D are secured to respectivehounds B by means of a bolt 15 while'the intermediate portion of saidstop is lheld securely in place by means of an angle bracket 16. It willbe noted that when the stops D are connected on respective hounds B,theA ends of that portion of said stops which are disposed at rightangles to the hounds are disposed above and below same, so that saidintermediate portion will be engaged by the respective ends of thedouble tree 12 when said double tree is first rotated in one directionand then the other. These stops thus serve to prevent the ends .of thedouble tree from passing'inwardly of the free ends of the hounds B andthus obviate the possibility of the hounds being broken as a result ofeither end of the double tree 12 being disposed inwardly of the freeends of said hounds when said hounds are moved vertically to the tonguehounds.

In the form of invention illustrated in Fig. 3 the stops D are eachformed of separate corresponding sect-ions 17 and 18 positionedrespectively on the upper and lower face of the hounds B. These sections17 and 18 are substantially triangular in shape and have their sidespositioned farthest front disposed in the same vertical plane atrightangles to the respective hounds B. These sections 17 and 18 each haveone of their sides extended rearwardly and connected together by bolts19 passing through said sides and respective hounds B. Those sides ofthe sections 17 and 18 /which bear against the upper and lower sides-ofrespective hounds B throughout their entire extent are secured to saidhounds by means of bolts 20. This construction of stops serves to limitthe rotative movement of the double tree 12 and provide against thepossibility of breaking the hounds B under the same conditions as thatheretofore described with respect to the stops illustrated in Figs. 1and 2. These stops 21 and 22 are mounted upon the upper face of thehounds C and disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of thetongue 11, and by the use of these stops y21 and 22, the rotativemovement of the double Izov ion

tree 12 in either direction is likewise limited and the possibility ofbreaking the hounds B under conditions heretofore referred to alsoobviated.

lhile I have shown and described several forms of carrying my inventioninto practice it will be apparent that certain other variations instructure may still be resorted to without in any manner departing fromthe scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

The combination of the aXle hounds of a vehicle, tongue hounds pivotallyconnected to the axle hounds, a tongue supported by said tongue hounds,a double tree pivotally mounted upon said tongue and stops mounted onthe forward end of each of the axle hounds for engaging the adjacentends of the double tree to limit the movement of the latter toward theaxle hounds before said double tree has entered the path of traveltraversed by the axle hounds during their pivotal movement with respectto the tongue hounds.

In testimony whereof, I aftiX lny signa ture, in presence of twowitnesses.

MICHAEL F. MEATII.

Witnesses WILBUR H. ALLEN, EDWIN B. DELoNG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

